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News‘Compelling case’ for reforming regulation – LSB
Super-regulator sets out legislative options for shakeup of Legal Services Act.
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News‘Cab rank’: barristers allowed to refuse work from solicitors
Changes mean solicitors believed to pose an ‘unacceptable’ credit risk will not be able to call on the time-honoured rule.
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News‘Unlawful’ civil legal aid safety net scheme widened
Ministry of Justice amends scope of civil legal aid exceptional case funding – even though the scheme was lambasted by a High Court judge.
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NewsSlater and Gordon shares dip as key Quindell contract set to end
Agreement with insurance giant set to finish later this year, Slaters says in surprise announcement.
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News‘Draconian’ sanctions based on Mitchell are overturned
Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to impose heavy sanctions on a law firm for missing cost deadlines.
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NewsGovernment ‘selling justice like a commodity’ with fee rises
Measures designed to generate an estimated £48m a year in additional income were announced as parliament closed for summer.
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NewsItaly’s civil justice reforms welcomed by UK solicitors
The government programme of reform includes measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of the courts and cutting the backlog of cases.
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NewsBar takes aim at solicitors in family court advocacy
Two principal branches of the profession clashed last week after the bar called for a review of advocacy in family law.
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CHAPS settlement day extension
The Bank of England has announced it is extending the Clearing House Automated Payment System settlement day to align more closely with the typical business day.
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NewsMoriarty takes off from LSB
Chief executive will return to the Civil Aviation Authority as deputy chief executive.
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NewsAction was on brink of 'collapse’, practitioner groups reveal
Statement explaining shift in tactics reveals big firms were ready to withdraw from legal aid boycott.
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NewsPolice issue referral fee fraud warning
Nine people interviewed this month over suspected bogus whiplash claims.
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NewsSexism still rampant in the ‘children’s playground’ of the bar
Bar Council report reveals ‘grossly disrespectful’ comments by male barristers in the ‘secret world’ of the bar.
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Early conciliation cuts employment tribunal cases in half
Statistics from Acas show that 73% of those involved in employment disputes have progressed to conciliation.
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NewsNew protocol marks change of tactics in legal aid action
Practitioner groups say allowing police station and magistrates’ work will maintain firms’ cashflow.
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NewsGove meeting ‘potentially constructive’
Practitioner groups met with justice secretary this morning as nationwide boycott over legal aid cuts continues.
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NewsNew family court opens in push to encourage ADR
The designated family judge for London behind the initiative says there was a need for the court ‘to provide more than just a trial process’.
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NewsGreeks vote in new civil code despite rebellion
Measure attempts to streamline Greece’s notoriously slow judicial system.
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NewsLandmark £85 parking ticket battle hits Supreme Court
A motorist had to crowdfund more than £6,000 to cover the costs of taking the case to the highest court in the UK despite his lawyers acting pro bono.